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Bottom Hardness and Surficial Substrate Composition of Fish Spawning Reefs in the St. Clair-Detroit River System from 2012 - 2018

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Publication Date
Start Date
2012-01-01
End Date
2018-12-31

Citation

Fischer, J.L., Wills, T., Roseman, E.F., and Mayer, C., 2019, Bottom Hardness and Surficial Substrate Composition of Fish Spawning Reefs in the St. Clair-Detroit River System from 2012 - 2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9F7PB7B.

Summary

This data set contains bottom hardness and surficial substrate compositions measured as part of a study evaluating the maturation of fish spawning reef restoration projects in the St. Clair-Detroit River System. Five spawning reef complexes (Middle Channel, Harts Light, Pointe Aux Chenes, Grassy Island, and Belle Isle) constructed with 10-20 cm broken limestone from 2012-2016 were evaluated as part of the study. Sonar surveys began in 2012, following the construction of the Middle Channel Reef complex and expanded to additional projects, as they were completed (Harts Light and Pointe Aux Chenes Reefs in 2014, Grassy Island Reef in 2015, and the Belle Isle Reef complex in 2016). Sonar surveys over the Fighting Island Reefs (constructed [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Jason L Fischer
Originator :
Jason L Fischer, Todd Wills, Edward Roseman, Christine Mayer
Metadata Contact :
Jason L Fischer
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Great Lakes Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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St_Clair_Detroit_River_Reef_Maturation_Substrate_Data-v2.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		35.47 KB application/fgdc+xml
hardness.csv
“BottomHardness” 		130.95 MB text/csv
UTVSedComposition_2015To2018.csv
“UTVSedComp” 		304.3 KB text/csv
UTVSurveySites.csv
“ReefsSurveyedWithUTV” 		963 Bytes text/csv

Purpose

Data were collected to evaluate the physical maturation and substrate changes of fish spawning reefs constructed in the St. Clair-Detroit River System. Sonar and video data were used to track changes in surficial substrate composition and influxes of dreissenid mussel shells in the constructed reefs.

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